Sideroxylon

Sideroxylon
Ironwood I"ron*wood`, n. (Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. [1913 Webster]

Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are so called; also the {Olneya Tesota}, a small tree of Arizona; in the West Indies, the {Erythroxylon areolatum}, and several other unrelated trees; in China, the {Metrosideros vera}; in India, the {Mesua ferrea}, and two species of {Inga}; in Australia, the {Eucalyptus Sideroxylon}, and in many countries, species of {Sideroxylon} and {Diospyros}, and many other trees. [1913 Webster]


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  • sidéroxylon — [ siderɔksilɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1765; de sidéro et gr. xulon « bois » ♦ Bot. Arbre des régions subtropicales (sapotacées) qui fournit un bois très dur et imputrescible appelé bois de fer. ● sidéroxylon nom masculin Arbre (sapotacée) d Amérique au bois… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sideroxylon — Sid e*rox y*lon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? iron + ??? wood.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sideroxylon [1] — Sideroxylon (gr.), ein Eisenholz, d.i. ein Unding (Contradictio in adjecto) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sideroxylon [2] — Sideroxylon (S. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Corneae od. doch diesen verwandt, 5. Kl. 1. Ordn. L., gehört zu Curtisia Ait.; Arten: S. decandrum, dorniger Baum in Nordamerika, mit sehr festem Holz (Eisenholz); S. tomentosum, in… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sideroxylon —   Sideroxylon …   Wikipedia Español

  • Sideroxylon — Sideroxylon …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sideroxylon — Bully Tree (and variants thereof) redirect here, but may include the related Broad leafed Lacuma ( Pouteria multiflora ). Sideroxylon is also an oxymoron introduced by Arthur Schopenhauer, see Wooden iron, and is occasionally used for petrified… …   Wikipedia

  • Sideroxylon — ID 78102 Symbol Key SIDER2 Common Name bully Family Sapotaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NM, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA, VI, WV …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Sideroxylon lanuginosum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked) …   Wikipedia

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